FIERAsystem: a fire risk assessment tool to evaluate fire safety in buildings and large spaces

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Author	Search for: Bénichou, N.¹; Search for: Kashef, A.¹; Search for: Reid, I.¹; Search for: Morinville, G.; Search for: Bounagui, A.¹
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
Format	Text, Article
Conference	Third Mediterranean Combustion Symposium, 8 June 2003, Marrakech, Morocco
Subject	Risk/cost assessment
Abstract	A number of countries have changed, or plan to change their building regulations from prescriptive-based to performance-based. A performance-based code approach establishes clear objectives and safety criteria and leaves the means of achieving these objectives to the designer. This allows for flexibility, innovation and functionality in the design, and may achieve improved fire safety designs at reduced costs. To take full advantage of the opportunities offered by these codes, the fire safety community has recognized that, in a performance-based code environment, there is a need for tools that will facilitate the evaluation of fire safety designs to determine whether or not they satisfy the established objectives. One such tool is FIERAsystem (FIre Evaluation and Risk Assessment system), which is being developed at the National Research Council of Canada, to evaluate fire protection systems in light industrial buildings.
Publication date	2003-06-01
In	Third Mediterranean Combustion Symposium [Proceedings] (1 June 2003): 1–7.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NRC number	NRCC 46270 NRC-IRC-15412
NPARC number	20378478
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Record identifier	aca2e34c-ccc8-481b-b8db-7c58931dd72f
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